iPod Fatso

Apple have just released the new iPod series and placed a heavy bet that people would want to watch their holidays / graduation / blockbuster pirates on-the-go. Videos, surely, are to be viewed with the magic square form factor of 16x9 right? Therefore wide screens can now be found for all varieties, be it iPod 'Nano'/Classic/Touch.

I haven't tried any of these yet. But there is one thing I wonder: surely there are still people in Apple who remember the whole point of introducing the iPod Nano (rather than sticking with a normal iPod): its small size. Given the immense popularity and success of the Nano, the same people should also appreciate that the Nano's clean and slim aesthetics is the whole selling point and call for a halt/review to something like this big mama rather than rolling out some battery-sucking memory-gorging joggers-unfriendly (imagine how you could strap it) video player?

Would you prefer the fat boy or the old stuff?



On the other hand, the iPod Touch is a very sleek black horse. An expensive one, too (US$75/GB for 8G iPod Touch compared to $3.1/GB for 80G iPod Classics). The intro video is just like the iPhone's. Very attractive, maybe I would buy one if the reviews are good:



Someone suggested a 160GB iPod Touch, with a nice sleek photo proof that it has seriously been contended. Yeah, serious. Really.